Upon the successful completion of this module, the student should be able to:
• Demonstrate technical competencies in using technologies to improve workplace efficiency;
• Effectively navigate, identify, and handle a range of digital information/content
Task 1 of 3 – Skills Quiz (30 marks) You will be asked to complete a skills quiz in your week 6 session. The quiz will contain 30 questions on Microsoft 365 skills covered in weeks 1 – 4. Each question will be worth one mark and you will have 45 mins to complete this quiz. Some questions may be multiple choice and all questions must be completed independently.
Task 2 of 3 – Information Poster (30 Marks) Create an informative poster to be displayed in a (hypothetical) workplace.
You may choose one of the following topics:
- Basic Digital Safety
- How to create a chart in a Word document.
- How to insert hyperlinks into a PowerPoint presentation.
You may create your poster using Word, PowerPoint, Canva or Adobe. Your poster must be saved and submitted as a PDF document.
Task 3 of 3 – Report – 1000 words (40 marks) Choose one of the following topics to complete;
Write a report about the role that social media tools such as LinkedIn and Facebook can have in the recruitment of staff.
Write a report about how social and digital media can be used to reach a wider customer base.
In your report, you must use relevant literature to support and develop your points and must consider the advantages and disadvantages the social media tools can have for a business.
1. Engagement with Literature Skills
Your work must be informed and supported by scholarly material that is relevant to and focused on the task(s) set. You should provide evidence that you have accessed an appropriate range of sources, which may be academic, governmental and industrial; these sources may include academic journal articles, textbooks, current news articles, organisational documents, and websites. You should consider the credibility of your sources; academic journals are normally highly credible sources while websites require careful consideration/selection and should be used sparingly. Any sources you use should be current and up-todate, mostly published within the last five years or so, though seminal/important works in the field may be older. You must provide evidence of your research/own reading throughout your work, using a suitable referencing system, including in-text citations in the main body of your work and a reference list at the end of your work.
Guidance specific to this assessment:
• Students must find, use and reference a minimum of 3 credible and reliable sources of information throughout their task 3 report.
• A reference list should appear at the end of the task 3 report
